{"product_id":"the-traitors-daughter-captured-by-nazis-pursued-by-the-kgb-my-mothers-odyssey-to-freedom-from-her-secret-past-roxana-spicer-hardcover","title":"The Traitor's Daughter: Captured by the Nazis, Pursued by the Kgb, My Mother's Odyssey to Freedom from Her Secret Past -- Roxana Spicer, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe masterful narration of a daughter's decades-long quest to understand her extraordinary mother, who was born in Lenin's Soviet Union, served as a combat soldier in the Red Army, and endured three years of Nazi captivity--but never revealed her darkest secrets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a child, Roxana Spicer would sometimes wake to the sound of the Red Army choir. She would tip-toe downstairs to find her mother, cigarette in one hand and Black Russian in the other, singing along. Roxana would keep her company, and wonder.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone in their village knew Agnes Spicer was Russian, that she had been a captive of the Nazis. And that was all they knew, because Agnes kept her secrets close: how she managed to escape Germany, what the tattoo on her arm meant, even her real name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiscovering the truth about her beloved, charismatic, volatile mother became Roxana's obsession. Throughout her career as a journalist and documentarian, between investigations across Canada and around the world, she always went home to ask her mother more questions, often while filming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoxana also took every chance to visit the few places that she did know played a role in her mother's story: Bad Salzuflen, Germany, home to POW slave labourers during the war; notorious concentration camps; and Russia. Under Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and the early years of Putin, she was able to find people, places, and documents that are now--perhaps forever--lost again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Traitor's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is intimate and exhaustively researched, vividly conversational, and shot through with Agnes Spicer's irrepressible, fiery personality. It is a true labour of love as well as a triumph of blending personal biography with sweeping history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roxana Spicer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780735246539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROXANA SPICER grew up in Netherhill, Saskatchewan, population 80. As a documentary filmmaker and former CBC investigative journalist, her award-winning work across Canada led to real change. She has pursued stories in remotest Ecuador, the Arabian Desert, and the North Sea; she has reported from a high-tech ocean dive ship, a nomadic Kyrgyz yurt, and made multiple trips to Russia during the \"wild west\" years following the fall of the Soviet Union. The most elusive interview subject over her forty-year career remained her own mother. Roxana lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roxana Spicer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45719949312228,"sku":"9780735246539","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780735246539.jpg?v=1729027852","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-traitors-daughter-captured-by-nazis-pursued-by-the-kgb-my-mothers-odyssey-to-freedom-from-her-secret-past-roxana-spicer-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}